The anti-bullfighting pressure continues to gain pieces. Now it is the turn of the statue of César Rincón that was erected next to the Duitama bullring for almost 12 years.. The mayor of the Colombian town, José Luis Bohórquez, has justified the drastic measure in some foreseeable changes that will imply the relocation of the sculpture with a very different orientation. “We carried out a symbolic act of reconciliation with our animals and we will relocate the iconic statue because it is part of our historical memory,” said the councilor.
The sculpture had been modeled and cast by the sculptor Neil Avella González and represents the Colombian bullfighter, the most prominent in this South American country, standing on the shoulders of an amateur. The videos circulating on social networks portray the botched demolition of the sculpture and evoke, saving distances, the demolition of the immense figure of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in the last throes of the invasion of Iraq.
The bullfighter himself has reacted through social networks: “Even if they try to erase history, there will always be a supreme being that will accompany good people,” says the Colombian matador. adding that “it is painful to see how ideologies prevail over ignorance.” It is important to underline the bullfighting and social significance of César Rincón (Bogotá, September 5, 1965) who He became a great figure in world bullfighting as a result of his repeated triumphs at the San Isidro Fair in 1991.. That same year he would perform hand in hand with José Ortega Cano in the traditional Charity bullfight in a great televised show for all of Spain that reinforced that role of maximum novelty. In October of that same year he would go out on shoulders for the fourth time in the same season in the Plaza de Las Ventas, a milestone that has not been repeated. His final retirement from bullfighting occurred in the Plaza Santamaría in Bogotá in February 2008.
After several successive attempts, On May 29, the Colombian Congress approved a law that prohibits bullfighting in the South American country. With 93 votes in favor and 2 against, the House of Representatives gave its final yes to the project, which prohibits fighting in any of its forms. The new law will come into force in 2027 and gives the government a period of three years to offer economic alternatives to people who work in bullfighting who still work on the other side of the Atlantic. It is still valid in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela although suffering great anti-bullfighting pressure that has materialized in other abolitionist attempts.
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